Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus

Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (345 BC-280 BC) was a Roman consul in 298 BC.

Biography
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus rose to prominence as a patrician officer of the Roman Republic during the Third Samnite War, fighting against the Etruscans at Volterrae in 298 BC (while serving as consul), defeating the Samnites at Tifernum in 297 BC, and he commanded the Second Legion at Clusium in 295 BC. In 280 BC, while serving as the patrician censor, he died at the age of 65. His son was Lucius Cornelius Scipio, the grandfather of Scipio Africanus.